Personal documents of Shlomo Pirkies, born in Dubno, Poland; documents dated, 1943-1947, including a diary written by Pirkies as a Polish refugee in the Soviet Union, Germany, and Austria, 1946-1947
- Booklet from the welfare office in Kalinino, in the name of Shlomo Pirka and written in Georgian; booklet issued, 05 May 1943;
- Authorization regarding the acceptance of Shlomo Pirka for work in a peat factory in Kalinino, 18 May 1943;
- Stipend booklet in the name of Shlomo Pirka, born in 1908, issued in Kalinino, 17 August 1943;
- Authorization that Shlomo Pirka is a teacher of foreign languages,...
Testimony of Efraim Furman, born in Wasiliszki, Poland, 1917, regarding his experiences in Biala Podlaska camp, Konskowola camp, Budzyn camp, Plaszow camp, Gross-Rosen camp and more
Death of his mother before the war; work of his father as a tailor; marriage of his elder brother; five siblings; service in the Polish Army before the war;
Being taken prisoner by the Germans one half year after the beginning of the war; transfer to a POW camp in Stalag 1; life in Stalag 1 including forced labor in a separate regiment for Jewish POWs, until late 1940; deportation from Germany to Poland, 1941; arrival at...
Form used in the search for relatives after the Holocaust sent by Oskar Paserman in [the] Bergen-Belsen [DP camp] to Mirjam Zborowska in Rishon Le-Zion in Eretz Israel through the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Oskar Paserman was born in Zawierci, Poland in October 1918; he was an inmate in Bergen-Belsen and survived the Holocaust; his sister, Hanka, was also an inmate in Bergen-Belsen and survived.
Mirjam Zborowska was born in Zawierce, Poland, 1913, and made aliya to Eretz Israel with her sister, Esther (who submitted the material) in 1936.
Notes from Esther Shushan-Zborowska, who submitted the...
Documentation of the Derman family
- Letter sent to Anita Mark by the David Moshvitz Convalescent Home regarding the girl Ester Gürtler, 23 June 1949;
- Letters sent by the JDC in Cyprus to Anita Mark in Ramat Gan to notify her relatives about the aliya of Yeti Blittman and Stela Gürtler to Eretz Israel, 26 February 1948;
- Letter from David Dickman in Suceava to Elchanan Scheimi in Tel Yosef with a notification that Stela Gürtler was staying in Cyprus and with the address of Anita Mark in Eretz Israel, 03 March 1948 (Yiddish);
- History of the Derman family;
- Letter sent to Anita Mark by Paul...
Personal documents of the Brem family, 1989-2011
Included in the file:
- Biography of his grandmother Anna Brem, written by Yitzchak Gordon, 27 May 1989;
- Copy of an article in an American newspaper about the Brem family when they received US citizenship, with mention of Paul Brem's work as a maintenance man and plumber at "Forest Park";
- Letter of testimony by Ellen Grosbard Brem regarding her parents' life during the war, dated, 04 April 2011 and an additional letter of testimony, dated, 02 May 2011;
Note:
Anna Brem, born 20 October 1924, was the daughter of Yitzhak Yaacov and Erlanki [?],...
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Letters sent by Dora Helfer from Paris to her sister in Germany, 1946-1947, a letter sent via the Red Cross by Markus Helfer in Algeria to his mother, Maria Helfer, in Chrzanow, 25 December 1940, and a diary containing poems written by Dora Helfer in the Peterswaldau camp, 1944-1945
Letters:
- Letters sent by Dora Helfer from Paris to her sister Rachel Reich in Germany, 1946-1947;
- Letter sent by Ida Weinstock from Sweden to Dola Helfer in Paris, 16 January 1946;
- Letter sent by Markus Helfer (brother of Dola Helfer) from Algeria via the Red Cross to his mother, Maria Helfer, in Chrzanow, 25...
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results.listIds.typeOfMaterial : Poems/songs, Official Documentation, Diary, Letter, Red Cross Letter
Letters sent to Shmuel Leib Sznajderman and his wife, Halina Eileen (Szymin) Sznajderman in New York from their families in Kazimierz Dolny and Otwock, 1940-1941
- Letters and postcards sent to Eileen (Szymin) Sznajderman in New York from her parents in Otwock, 1940-1941;
- Letter sent to Shmuel Leib Sznajderman in New York by his father in Kazimierz Dolny, 21 May 1941;
- Letter from the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) to Eileen and Shmuel Leib Sznajderman in New York in response to their request to locate members of their families, 16 July 1941.
Note:
Shmuel Leib Sznajderman was born...
Documentation of Dr. Israel Kasztner containing corrections and comments to a report prepared by the JDC, 1945, regarding the activities of Saly Mayer in Budapest, 1944
Two letters from Zwi Landesman to the editorial board of the "Hungarian Communities Registry", regarding a Torah crown from Makó which was looted by the Germans and subsequently arrived in Eretz Israel after World War II with the asistance of the JDC (Joint Distribution Committee), 1962